According to the passage, Staves indicates that which one of the following was true of judicial decisions on contractual rights? A. Judges frequently misunderstood and misapplied laws regarding married women's property. B. Judges were aware of inconsistencies in laws concerning women's contractual rights but claimed that such inconsistencies would soon vanish. C. Judges' decisions about marriage contracts tended to reflect assumptions about property that had been common before 1660. D. Judges had little influence on the development and application of laws concerning married women's property. E. Judges recognized the patriarchal assumptions underlying laws concerning married women's property and tried to interpret the laws in ways that would protect women.